"If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too."

"They say I'm old-fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast!"

"And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know."

"Love gives us in a moment what we can hardly attain by effort after years of toil."

"The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet."